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Sheryl Crow Calls Out Jason Aldean Over Song “Promoting Violence”: “This Is Not American Or Small Town-Like. It’s Just Lame”
Deadline ^ | 7/18 | Armando Tinoco

Posted on 07/19/2023 11:48:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Sheryl Crow is stepping into the conversation being from a small town and calling out Jason Aldean after the country star was accused of promoting violence with the song “Try That in a Small Town.”

“Jason Aldean, I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns are sick of violence,” Crow tweeted mentioning his colleague. “There’s nothing small-town or American about promoting violence. You should know that better than anyone having survived a mass shooting.”

Crow continued, “This is not American or small town-like. It’s just lame.”

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Jason Aldean Stops Connecticut Show After Suffering Heat Stroke Crow quoted a tweet that mentioned Aldean was in a mass shooting back in 2017 when he was performing in Las Vegas. The shooter killed 60 people and injured over 400 concertgoers.

Aldean’s music video for “Try That in a Small Town” has been removed from the CMT programming after backlash. In the video, the singer is seen performing in front of an infamous courthouse known for lynchings.

Lyrics for the song say “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up, yeah, ya think you’re tough, well, try that in a small town, see how far ya make it down the road.” In another part of the song, Aldean sings, “got a gun that my granddad gave me, they say one day they’re gonna round up, well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck.”

Aldean has denied that his song incites pro-lynching and says that “not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.”

In his statement on Twitter, Aldean said the song “refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences.”


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: brave; crowssecurityteam; jasonaldean; sherylcrow; sherylssecurityteam; singlesheetcheryl; singlesheetsheryl; virtuesignaling
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1 posted on 07/19/2023 11:48:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

What did Cyndi Lauper and Belinda Carlyle say?…

Debbie Gibson…Tiffany…Sade…Melissa Manchester…


2 posted on 07/19/2023 11:50:07 AM PDT by EEGator
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Commies will always defend the 6 months of burning cities to the ground since it was committed by their fellow leftists..but grannies taking selfies at the capitol, shoot them or put them in solitary. Notice the commies like Crow who run her trap live in gated communities and have armed guards protecting them


3 posted on 07/19/2023 11:50:29 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

Sez “rich gurl” from behind her personal security screen of Really Big Armed Muscle.


4 posted on 07/19/2023 11:50:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

They’re flaming hypocrites.


5 posted on 07/19/2023 11:52:05 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: nickcarraway

More importantly, what did Stealers Wheel have to say about it?


6 posted on 07/19/2023 11:53:14 AM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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“Media.. it’s the same song and dance. Twist everything you can to fit your repulsive narrative.”

Jason Aldean’s wife Brittany is defending her country star husband amid the backlash to “Try That in a Small Town,” after many listeners have denounced the song and music video as “racist dogwhistling” and glorification of gun-based vigilante justice.

In an Instagram Stories slide, Brittany puts the blame on the “media” for misconstruing the message behind the song.

“Media...it’s the same song and dance. Twist everything you can to fit your repulsive [narrative],” she writes, against a backdrop of a cloudy sky and a palm tree blowing in the wind.

“How about instead of creating stories, we focus on the REAL ones such as CHILD TRAFFICKING? Food for thought,” Brittany continues.

Read More: Jason Aldean’s Wife Brittany Slams ‘Media’ Over Song Backlash:

https://tasteofcountry.com/jason-aldean-wife-brittany-try-that-in-a-small-town-backlash/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral


7 posted on 07/19/2023 11:53:49 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (,We have number of experts, stating B$ as fact, & they have no idea nor reality or solutions!!)
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To: dead

They are stuck in the middle of the issue.


8 posted on 07/19/2023 11:54:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Single Sheet Cheryl is still full of it.


9 posted on 07/19/2023 11:54:35 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: kiryandil

Crow is an entitled leftist and an idiot. f her.


10 posted on 07/19/2023 11:54:36 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: nickcarraway

She once advocated using only one square of TP per deuce. Real smart one she is.. and hygienic. /s


11 posted on 07/19/2023 11:54:38 AM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/articles/2021/11/celebrity-protection-in-the-spotlight/

The author’s security team dealt with a stalker of singer Sheryl Crow while she prepared to perform at a benefit concert in New York City in 2003. Crow’s security team alerted protection professionals working for the venue about the stalker and provided information about him. The stalker, a former U.S. Navy diver who said he was just trying to “court” Crow, arrived at the venue and attempted to enter the facility. In this instance, the police were notified about the man and arrested him; however, he was later acquitted by a jury trial.

How nice. Sheryl has a security TEAM, just like most Americans.

Stifle yourself, Sheryl.

12 posted on 07/19/2023 11:55:02 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Track9

She advocates that for peasants, not the important people.


13 posted on 07/19/2023 11:55:06 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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I wonder which rap cop-killing songs Sheryl came out about ?

sheryl ? sheryl ? anybody home?

crickets chirping


14 posted on 07/19/2023 11:56:00 AM PDT by stylin19a (If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.)
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To: dead
More importantly, what did Stealers Wheel have to say about it?

What about Bob Smith?

15 posted on 07/19/2023 11:56:58 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: nickcarraway

Waiting for Sheryl to put bands like Cypress Hill and Rage Against the Machine on full blast as well...

Well Sheryl?


16 posted on 07/19/2023 11:58:32 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: gibsonguy

I’m just so glad she was brave and voiced her truth.
With social media, I never get to hear the inane bullshit of women.
Finally, a opinionated woman speaks her mind…

Repeal the 19th Amendment.


17 posted on 07/19/2023 11:58:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

sheryl “one square” crowe

shake hands at your own risk


18 posted on 07/19/2023 11:58:38 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: nickcarraway

Who cares what the feminazi Sheryl Crow thinks?


19 posted on 07/19/2023 11:59:45 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: nickcarraway

I remember a couple of years ago when antifa marched on a smallish town intending to raise hell. They were met in the street by the men of the town, turned around and left the town alone.


20 posted on 07/19/2023 11:59:58 AM PDT by ryderann
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